good afternoon, happy new year, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. taking you straight to london. it's happy new year there now. thousands lined up along the river thames with a multi sensory fire works display, scented bubbles are falling so people can taste, and smell the party, too. and here is a look at berlin, known as one of the

wilder celebrations. fire works are regulated except for days before new year's eve. berliners stocked up on $115 million worth. many people leave the city because of the noise and the danger. >> here is a look at amsterdam. many folks head to celebrate. there is a huge fire works display on the popular water front area >> and a massive show. >> the show is really controlled in sync with a sound track

created for tonight. >> we have to keep computers on the barge running in sync with music on shore. i do that through radio communications. >> that sound track is for tonight. organizers expecting huge crowds because of the fine weather we're going to have. should be clear. if caught with a drink you will be ticketed. >> wayne freedman is live along embarcadero with a look. >> this would be ground 0 we're expecting a large crowd. take a look. potties. we can also tell you partying began early. it's

beginning to look and sound like new year's eve. do you have plans? >> we're traveling on the cable cars and going on lom barred street, shopping. >> wine bars and dinner. >> is that all? >> more than a few bars, a few of us started early. >> tonight is am bur night for drinkers. >> is there a secret? >> shorter the skirt, longer the pour. >> san francisco police will be out in force tonight. >> there >> and no wandering please. >> you'll hit a flight deck. it's g good. >> anyone planning on flying in? >> not tonight. >> another option, st. francis

hotel. one of several holding big parties. it's $150 a head, but you get hats and revelry in liquid form. >> all ublg drink. >> good stuff, good stuff. >> does it come with a room? >> we do have rooms available at westin.com. >> some guests might need it. >> exactly. >> so maybe that is why they call it hinging in the new year, because of the headaches. >> to help everyone tonight local transit agencies are staying up late. extending hours but the final train at 2:15 a.m tomorrow. bart will provide service until 3:00 in the

morning. >> triple a will be offering tipsy tows and a ride for a driver that maybe had too much to drink. they're available tonight from 6:00 tonight until 6:00 tomorrow morning. the number is 1-800-aaa-help. there it is, on the screen. you don't have to be a member of triple a to yugs this service. >> you can expect to see an increased police presence on roadways in efforts to crack down during this holiday. penalties vary but a first defense can get jail time, a fine of 3,000s sxdz a license suspension for possibly a month. >> experts say about ten grand >> police plan to have officers

to make sure new year's eve celebrations stay peaceful. >> officers urging anyone who has been drinking to take a cab. >> here is a live look right now at time's square. celebrations are getting underway there you can see entertainment here. a million people gathered there to see the ball drop five hours from now. and three astronaut aboard international space station will broadcast a message on the large screens and just before midnight, u.s. supreme court justice sotomayor will push the button to start the drop of the new year's eve ball. >> you can ring in the new year

with new year's rocking eve. >> big question is how is the weather go be to be? >> spencer christian is here with our forecast. >> answer is clear. it's encouraging i hope. you can see sunny skies across the bay area now. thin, high clouds early. they disappeared. another spare the air day, 24th alert tomorrow. coast, central bay and santa clara valley. looking live over san francisco, temperatures upper 50s to about 60s in most

live view, 58. nef vatto, low to mid-60s this, is what conditions will look like tonight for viewing off pier 14 here. temperatures 49 yeg degrees to about 47. great viewing conditions and pleasant weather for new year's eve. >> nice thank you. >> police are calling tonight operation silent night. >> oakland cops don't have an exotic name but they're using the same tactic. vick? >> operation silent night is the name given to efforts to control celebratory gunfire and fire

works oakland police have the same problem, july 4th a man was killed when a bullet hit him in the head, firing into the air by someone celebrating. and yesterday, the da charged a man with that murder. in december, it's dangerous this year for folks to use those fire works. >> police lieutenant is depending on shot spotter, sensors around redwood city pick up location of the shots as well as fire works and volunteers will be a part of operation silent night. >> volunteering during disasters they're amateur radio operators so are not police officers just,

to report and observe >> oakland police will be out in force with a heavy concentration of officers in the downtown area, illegal fire works have been a major problem in this city during holidays like the 4th of july, and new year's eve. there is a special team out in force tonight. >> officer has a lap top. not only will have address of where shot spotter detected the discharge but also, a map. >> setting off illegal fire works could be also in cases charged as a felony offense. >> yet another twist in the case of jahi mcmath. the 13-year-old oakland girl declared brain dead

the attorney says the family is back tracking and won't allow an outside doctor to insert tube >> they're setting road blocks. if jahi does come back as we hope imagine what childrens is going to have to face. >> hospital spokesman sam singer spoke just moments ago but refused to address the claims by the family attorney. we'll have more from him, as well as jahi's mother coming up at 5:00 >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 a security breech in this sandwich shop. when it happened and what customers need to know. >> hundreds of people in the bay area of all ages taking part in a new year's eve tradition dates back centuries >> another problem gets target this holiday shopping. this one

deals with gift cards. michael finney has this story. >> taking a look at traffic right now this, is interstate 80. you can see it's jam packed in both driks this new year's eve. abc7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

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down under. sid knee, australia was one of the first places to ring in 2014. a million people gathered over city opera house and harbor bridge. >> this time it happened at witch craft an eatery. a spokesperson tells abc7 news managed to hold card systems for seven weeks and personal information for 85 customers was stolen. ridge craft says it's taking steps to prevent future hacks. >> stocks closed out the day higher hoping to give major indexes a boost for the year. >> sent the s and p to its highest event since 1997.

>> if your new year plans include watching classic movies on netflix you might be out of luck the rights to those and 80 other movies ends >> there are lots of samsung tablets under the christmas tree this year. on swipe data shows it beat out the ipad. apple's deal with china mobile may not give a big a bump as expected. saying if presale customers top $100,000 it's less than from other carriers this year. tonight will be a busy night for

lift and uber. the co-founder, john skimer getting behind the wheel to help the company, also announce being it's capping surge prices at bloomberg studios here, i'm cory johnson with bloomberg west. >> speaking of uber and surge, san francisco based uber about to have a big price jump. the company's advice if you need a ride wait it out. uber says it could get to, or exceed times what you typically pay. >> 2013 ended with some of the highest tides of the year.

at that. located where high 1 and 101 meet. some surfers did take advantage of it this, is what it looked like over san jose. fog blanket withed the sky. looks like a doughnut. >> is that because we're hungry? >> yes. yes. >> it's clear out there, now. >> with fog went away early. sunny skies throughout the day and clear skies tonight. here is a look at live doppler seven

we go to the big news wench right now. 2013 is the driest calendar year ever on record for the bay area. here is a look at some of the percentages of normal rainfall for the year. only 13% of the normal amount up in santa rosa. 12% in gilroy. so all reporting stations are now saying it's driest year on record. we need rain but there is none in the immediate forecast. clear, chilly overnight. we have dry mild weather for the beginning of 2014. satellite shows a large expanding ridge of high pressure dominating now lifting jet stream well to our north.

notice clear skies overnight. a bit of an off shore flow developing. mild tomorrow beginning the new year. chilly in spots looking for lows dropping down to around freezing and around the bay, lows over on to the coast about 40 degrees or so. tomorrow, new year's day, sunny skies. highs 66 in san jose. looking for highs of 64 in san mateo. and mountain view. low 60s on the coast. is

inform daily city. 66 in san francisco. 66 in napa. highs in the east bay into the same range. 65 oakland. 66 in fremont and castro valley. inland east bay mid to upper 60s. 67 in fairfield and livermore, here is the accu-weather forecast. look at high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s inland and around the bay. low 06s on the koechlt a cool down by tuesday next week. no precipitation just clouds we need rainfall. enjoying wild weather. >> yes. exactly. >> yes. yes. >> what a drop. >> up next a 3-year-old boy helping other ill children. >> and then unbelievable some

people got when stopping to help this homeless man. >> it's slow going for drivers coming out of the maze here. this is from our emeryville camera.

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here is what the new year looks like over victoria harbor. spectacular. >> some bell ringing part of a tradition in japan. monks ring bells 108 times on new year's eve to cleanse bodies of sins and earthly desires. it awill yous patrons to strike the 2,000

pound bell >> proof from texas good deeds do not go unnoticed. >> this 3-year-old bennett nester is recovering from a brain tumor, two strangers gave him a teddy bear to help him through. >> this act of kindness touched his family. they started bennett's bears they collect and hand out stuffed animals to sick children. one vietnam veteran gave bennett his bronze >> the stranger gave one condition, bennett but do his best to soldier through his treatment and stick around to pick another hero to whom this can be passed. >> really a sweet story. >> yes. >> still ahead latest efforts to

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dubai rang in 2014 with a record-setting show. and lights lit up the united arab emirates and now, dubai holds the record for the world's largest fire works display. and look at this scene the crowd in red square welcomed in the new year to chimes of the kremlin clock. security was tight for the new year's eve event and revellers had to undergo checks as police

patrolled red >> in china a light show synchronized to "fire work" was a huge hit with the crowd, lighting up the great wall near bejing. iet will be soon our turn here in our country. sheer live look at times square in new york. estimated 1 million people gathered there. sonia sotomayor will push the button to start the drop of the new year's eve ball. >> 80 people will ring in the new year stranded on a research ship near antarctica. >> marcy gonzales is here with the story. >> reporter: what a way to ring

in the new year. 74 people, stranded on a research ship in antarct antarctic. it now appears to be their only option. >> it's a 31 of december, at 3:00 p.m . we've learned the aurora can't reach us. >> three ships tried, and failed, to reach the ship, unable to make their way through the ice 13 feet thiblg in places and now, one of them, a chinese vessel may reportedly be stuck as well. passengers have been passing days reading, watching movies and waiting for their unusual adventure too end. >> so at the moment we're just

supporting each other as best we can. >> they'll have to keep up the patience. helicopter won't be able to head their way until this weather clears. >> investigators now in north dakota with a train strong winds blue smoke toward the town overnight the recommendation had been lifted and the smar now calling for schafrngs in the way crude is transported. >> a murder suspect being sent back to his nation after being caught in petaluma. this picture sh shows him at the border near san diego. ice agents arrested him

on friday after being notified that mexico had issued an arrest warrant. mexican prosecutors say he shot a man to death in may, 2012. >> new year's eve celebrations are cancelled in two russian cities where suicide bombers attacks. two russian news agencies released this video of what they claim show two of the bombers. no group claimed responsibility for attacks. >> starting tomorrow, boy scouts will accept openly gay young people and the policy was approved last may. some churches have dropped their sponsorship,

massive defections have not materialized. >> the styrofoam ban starts tomorrow. the goal to help protect the environment. styrofoam takes a long time to degrade. >> people headed to the rose parade tomorrow will experience heightened security. more than 1100 officers patrolling the route. today, crews adding finishing touches to the more than 40 floats that will travel the five and a half mile long route and this year's theme is dreams come true. take a look at a live

watch the parade tomorrow morning at 8:00 the rose bowl is at 8:00 p.m . and larry beil is in pasadena right now. our sports director to cover action faces michigan state. you can get all of the play by play. >> coming up we know too well anything can happen on live tv. >> and it has. what happens after a reporter fainted during an interview. a beautiful setting sun. this is more than what we can expect tonight. i'll

have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> another traffic check this new year's eve. this is a rather unusual site because it's very light for those drivers making their way east. very heavy for drivers heading south towards 101. stay with us. t

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vurers yesterday. not with what she said, but what she did. >> you guys are teaching me how to cross country ski. gave us some base... >> the reporter just fainted. she was out for just a moment. >> you've got to love how she handles this. she sits up and continues on with the interview she realizes the camera is still on. she's she says she has no idea how long she passed out. >> she's known to faint in high altitude and when she gets too cold. she just soldiered on. >> i like the fellow she's interviewing. the look on his face was like oh, my word! had >> they continued on the ground. >> let's update the forecast. i know you want to know about the fire works this weekend.

>> yes. >> we've got clear skies now and we can expect skies to remain clear, here is how the new year will start. cold, snowy in parts of the upper mid west and great lakes. this westward, sunny, mild, new year's day looking g sunny skies, mild from top to bottom. into central valley, down into l.a. 76 tomorrow. 80 over in palm springs souk find a range of mild to warm weather across the state tomorrow, here in the bay area lovely day, sunny skies, high temperatures mild range, mid to upper 60s around the bay and inland. low 60s on

the coast. taking a look at game condition conditions sunday. sunday afternoon, game time at 3:40 central time. temperatures about 11 degrees at the start of the game dropping down to five degrees into afternoon and early evening. so winter can be rough and we'll see evidence that have on sunday let's hope niners are not adversely affected. >> still ahead a man posing as homeless surprises people with a message. you click with it or wanted to click it off. a look at the best, and worst ads of the year. >> another card mishap for

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we're going to to have a lot of fun around the world n taiwan a display in the tallest building. 850,000 people flocked to the streets. >> when you see a homeless person, do you roll down your window to help? ron taylor spotted a man at an intersection on new year's eve the man hand him back a note with a $ten bill. >> merry christmas, thank you for a donation. i live in des moines but not homeless or without a job. >> the man in the hoody standing in freezing conditions was not homeless but a businessman named johnny wright who wanted to do

something good for christmas, he gave i way 50 letters containing $1,000 total and donated money received to a shelter. >> this has been a bucket list thing for me sometime. i've known i wanted to give back. it's a good way to acknowledge people who give, do so anonymously. >> the two men got the chance to meet yesterday. wright says most envelopes contained $ten some had $100 bills. one ended up going to a woman who told johnny she had just $16 to her name. >> nice story. >> what a year for viral ads smchl funny, others very moving. others were controversial. >> everyone loves it when a

collides dale reunits with its owner. to when ron burgundy gets giddy over a glove box. or jeff gordon for pepsi max.. john clawed van dam, solvo truck. but in a 2013 kind of lacking water cooler worthy commercials what made for a delightful for sdaft yefrus ad depended on point of view. >> what aids maid ads were buzz worthy were using viral pranks to get people to share people. >> billy, you can ship your

pants, too. >> it's very convenient. >> funny or vulgar is this hump day spot. looking more business like. might help, too. ads like this one, a two minute super bowl spot for fr rand trucks best of the year ads may be rare, but the flourish to any medium. >> someone so-to-see, breck. >> chris connellie. >> if data breech isn't a problem, now a new issue. >> yes. >> so today we're learning there

is a problem involving gift cards from target seems some were not properly activated and holders are having trouble using them. target says this is only impacting one tenth but with negative publicity this was the last thing target probably wanted to hear. southwest priced it's time on on time service. but it hasn't lived up to that the department of transportation placed southwest dead last in on time arrivals and departures for two months now, normally it's on top of the heat, southwest tries to maximize by stacking closely together, but when one is late that, can start a trickle down

affect starting other flights to be late as well. southwest says it expects improvement. greens says it will fill prescriptions without up front costs as long as customers can prove, or bring in proof their application is being processed. customers will be responsible for co-pays once claims can be processed. >> remarkable run of bad luck for target. >> yes. this gift card thing, how big of a problem? >> i don't think very big i posted it on twitter, one guy said he had a problem and went back they were great. >> up next amazing support one community is giving today.

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you can watch the ball drop right here tonight 11:30 p.m . >> people in livermore spent part of new year's eve honoring a local girl in a unique way. the story of the red cross blood drive. >> what a way to celebrate new year's eve. >> donate blood. that is it.

something small i can do. >> this blood drive in honor of delaney newton enduring 14 blood transfusions her dad says getting together to sponsor the drive is a way to give back. >> how much more she needed is >> these units of blood will make a impact. >> we're looking at >> red cross hopes if they get 30 donors it's a good day. today they expect 130.

about her fund-raisers and now, a turn tout to donate blood. >> like family to us. this hit hit us, also >> tomorrow, she'll have another blood transfusion. >> it's humbling for what people are doing us, and the family. thankful. >> for support and the blood donations that are critical for their daughter and others. >> what an impressive outpouring of support. >> this is a constantly changing game for these folks. and not a game for jahi. >> tough talk from the family of an oakland girl caught in the

middle of a legal dispute. >> what police are doing to keep you safe as you celebrate the new year. and fire works ring out around the world, spencer christian will tell you whether the weather will be clear enough to see and hear events in the bay area. >> a pedestrian just killed in san francisco the second serious crash today, people hit streets for new year's eve. tonight the man was hit by a truck in the crocker amazon neighborhood. this shows writ happened. the person is cooperating with investigators.

>> this is a second accident today where a car hit a person then left. a woman broke several bones after being hit at turk and levenworth streets. for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> another developing story. >> this centering on a 13-year-old girl left brain dead after a tonsil surgery a day after a judge ordered jahi mcmath to be kept on a vent later one more week. >> there have been court filings today and letters flying back and forth. the most immediate is through one they're battling

over now, whether she will receive the proud years needed to facilitate a move out of this hospital in time for next tuesday's deadline. >> i want her to see 2014 come in. i want to celebrate with her. and i am. >> the mother of jahi mcmath spends her time by the 13-year-olds bed side, hoping for another day. >> because i look at her. i feel like as her mother i'm supposed to be able to help her. this hospital has my hands tied. >> the battle over the brain dead teen's future is in the hands of lawyers and perhaps a federal court. >> so this is a constantly changing game for these folks and not a game for jahi >> the family of jahi mcmath and childrens hospital filed legal briefs in court. jahi's family says they've